Tuesday, June 21, 2005

'Interpretations vary.' Those folks at the Christian Science Monitor are so damn polite aren't they. While this story may not call it a smoking gun, 91.5% of CSM readers do on the attached poll. What do you think?

Saturday, June 18, 2005

Over 6 weeks after the documents were released, a Detroit Newpaper finally deigns to cover the story of evidence of Bush 's rush to war. Our own Representative, John Conyers is holding hearings on the issue and there is no mention of it in this article. Perhaps we'll look back on articles like these with the same fondness we remember stories like 'Burglars break into Watergate office of Democratic Party'

Sunday, June 12, 2005

The Green Party of Michigan (GPMI) joins the national Green Party of the United States (GPUS) in citing the "Downing Street memo" as further evidence of the deceit of the Bush administration in its rush to unconstitutional, unjustified, and undeclared war in Iraq -- and as reason for citizens of all parties (or none) to call for the end of the occupation and the impeachment of George W. Bush.

GPMI welcomes the efforts of Michigan's 14th District Congressman John Conyers, Jr. on these issues. Conyers has written to the White House, with the backing of 88 other House members, demanding explanations of the revelations in the memo from a top-level meeting of the British government.

With the help of a wide spectrum of citizens' groups, Conyers and others have collected almost half a million signatures on petitions supporting the demand for the truth..

Saturday, June 04, 2005

Like the kid who would take his ball home if he couldn't get his way, out mayor is threatening to cancel the fireworks if the city council overides his budget veto. Citing security concerns and the 'safety of citizens,' this kind of heavy handed power brokering is a little over the top for an election year. Is this the end of a 46 year tradition?